ROCKINGHAM – Former
Carolina Coalition
champion Chris Plott just
missed out on a sweep of
the Footbrake titles,
Allen Britt and E.J.
Womack claimed the two
biggest prizes and Nick
Womack won the Nesbitt
Performance Engines
World’s Quickest Bracket
Race title during the
annual Fall Bracket
Nationals at Steve
Earwood’s Rockingham
Dragway.
Britt beat Joe Gary of
Greenwood, S.C., in an
all-dragster final to
claim Saturday’s $10,000
prize in the Top
Eliminator class. Womack
matched that with a Sunday
win over Todd Whited of
Richlands, Va., and his
1995 Oldsmobile.
After beating Tim Cowick
of Lumber Bridge for the
$1,500 Footbrake purse on
Saturday, Plott drove back
into the final round on
Sunday before losing to
Derek Harris of
McLanesville and his 1977
Chevy Nova. Plott got the
early jump on Harris, but
his 6.697 was too quick by
.003 to match his 6.700
target.
The Jr. Dragster division
was dominated by Ty
Randolph of Ware Shoals
and Bethany Crick of
Nortonville, Ky., who
split the two titles.
Randolph beat Crick on
Saturday. Crick returned
the favor on Sunday.
Nick Womack’s win in the
race-within-the-race, a
competition restricted to
the quickest bracket cars
on the premises, earned
him an extra $2,000.
Results from Rockingham
Dragway’s Fall Bracket
Nationals (all cars are
dragsters unless otherwise
indicated):
TOP ELIMINATOR #1
Round 6 – Travis Harvey,
Burlington, .010, 5.124 on
a 5.120, 128.77 mph, def.
J.J. Brock, Pickens, S.C.,
.013, 5.024 on a 4.960,
138.16 mph; Jerry Brewer,
Lumberton, .008, 4.800 on
a 4.780, 140.97 mph, def.
Sammy Hollingsworth,
Greenwood, S.C., .013,
4.941 on a 4.920, 138.73
mph; Joe Gary Greenwood,
S.C., .014, 4.636 on a
4.610, 146.11 mph, def.
Lauren Freer, Lewisville,
.041, 4.872 on a 4.850,
139.99 mph; Allen Britt,
Lumberton, 4.810 on a
4.800, 142.37 mph, def.
Charlie Whited, Richlands,
Va., 1995 Olds Cutlass,
foul; John Lassiter,
Graham, bye.
Round 7 – Gary, .015,
4.637 on a 4.610, 148.17
mph, def. Lassiter, .024,
4.811 on a 4.790, 142.22
mph; Britt, .001, 4.810 on
a 4.810, 142.04 mph, def.
Harvey, .013, 5.112 on a
5.110, 129.90 mph; Brewer,
bye.
Semifinals – Gary, .026,
4.609 on a 4.620, 148.90
mph, def. Brewer, foul;
Britt, bye.
FINAL – Allen Britt,
Lumberton, .004, 4.815 on
a 4.800, 141.94 mph, def.
Joe Gary, Greenwood, S.C.,
.018, 4.608 on a 4.610,
148.30 mph.
FOOTBRAKE #1
Round 6 – Tim Cowick,
Lumber Bridge, .NA, 045,
6.470 on a 6.450, 100.13
mph, def. Gary Johnson,
Selma, 1974 Datsun, .072,
7.762 on a 7.700, 83.39
mph; Barbara Terry, Haw
River, 1971 Firebird,
.039, 7.112 on a 7.060,
88.46 mph, def. Del Briff,
Dillon, S.C., 1970 Chevy
Nova, .140, 6.905 on a
6.880, 97.38 mph; Chris
Plott, Winston-Salem, NA,
.036, 6.745 on a 6.680,
95.01mph, def. Randolph
Gordon, Ravenel, NA, .117,
8.192 on an 8.200, 81.90
mph; Larry Jollie, Loris,
S.C., 1973 Toyota, .024,
7.306 on a 7.310, 91.98
mph, def. Martin Adkinson,
Trenton, S.C., 1971 Chevy
Nova, .052, 10.409 on a
10.420, 65.12 mph.
Round 7 – Cowick, .045,
6.493 on a 6.440, 96.86
mph, def. Terry, .114,
7.104 on a 7.060, 96.35
mph; Plott and Jollie,
bye.
Semifinals – Cowick, NA,
6.441 on a 6.440, 106.30
mph, def. Jollie, foul;
Plott, bye.
FINAL – Chris Plott,
Winston-Salem, NA, .034,
6.691 on a 6.700, 99.12
mph, def. Tim Cowick,
Lumber Bridge, NA, .082,
6.416 on a 6.440, 106.47
mph.
JR. DRAGSTER #1
Round 3 – Danielle Raper,
Easley, S.C., .017, 8.435
on an 8.440, 74.76 mph,
def. J.P. Britt,
Lumberton, .012, 8.041 on
an 8.150, 72.23 mph; Ty
Randolph, Ware Shoals,
.145, 8.036 on an 8.010,
80.23 mph, def. Bradley
Hollingsworth, Greenwood,
S.C., foul; Bethany Crick,
Nortonville, Ky., .102,
8.720 on an 8.600, 72.98
mph, def. Camoron,
Hoffman, Jacksonville,
.160, 9.679 on an 9.590,
66.71 mph; Kelli Blake,
Rockingham, .055, 8.050 on
an 8.000, 80.64 mph, def.
Ross Freeman, Westville,
S.C., foul.
Semifinals – Randolph,
.038, 8.058 on an 8.030,
80.28 mph, def. Raper,
foul; Crick, .096, 8.663
on an 8.640, 75.54 mph,
def, Blake, foul.
FINAL – Ty Randolph, Ware
Shoals, .074, 8.105 on an
8.050, 79.78 mph, def.
Bethany Crick,
Nortonville, Ky., .154,
8.681 on an 8.650, 76.17
mph.
TOP ELIMINATOR #2
Round 6 – Buddy Dial,
Rowland, .010, 4.868 on a
4.840, 136.76 mph, def.
Thomas Cain, Lumberton,
.016, 4.973 on a 4.950,
137.43 mph; Todd Whited,
Richlands, Va., .1995
Oldsmobile, .004, 5.699 on
a 5.680, 114.45 mph, def.
unknown, .036, 6.473 on a
6.450, 104.40 mph; Trent
Jones, Ninety Six, S.C.,
.016, 4.734 on a 4.720,
143.69 mph, def. Michael
Sellers, Whiteville, 1967
Chevy Camaro, .037, 6.377
on a 6.370, 104.06 mph;
E.J. Womack, Lillington,
.014, 4.812 on a 4.780,
142.46 mph, def. T.J.
Harper, Harrisonvurg, Va.,
.033, 4.925 on a 4.940,
135.77 mph; Mendal Watts,
Shallotte, .010, 4.667 on
a 4.620, 138.66mph, def.
Floyd Edick, Cherstefield,
S.C., .020, 4.834 on a
4.760, 144.57 mph.
Round 7 – Womack, .011,
4.812 on a 4.810, 132.88
mph, def. Dial, .017,
4.836 on a 4.830, 141.06
mph; Jones, .014, 4.729 on
a 4.720, 144.78 mph, def.
Watts, .012, 4.619 on a
4.620, 145.72 mph; Whited,
bye.
Semifinals – Whited,
.037, 5.679 on a 5.670,
117.54 mph, def. Jones,
.033, 4.767 on a 4.720,
144.03 mph; Womack, bye.
FINAL – E.J. Womack,
Lillington, .005, 4.805 on
a 4.790, 138.16 mph, def.
Todd Whited, Richlands,
Va., 1995 Oldsmobile,
.041, 5.672 on a 5.670,
119.58 mph.
FOOTBRAKE #2
Round 6 – Derek Harris,
McLanesville, 1977 Chevy
Nova, bye; Barbara Terry,
Haw River, 1971 Firebird,
.012, 7.150 on a 7.040,
88.76 mph, def. Gordon
Creech, Bolivia, 1987
Chevy S-10 truck, .136,
7.185 on a 7.160, 94.11
mph; James Lockhart,
Charlotte, NA, .044, 7.926
on a 7.910, 88.06 mph,
def. Jonathan Surratt,
Charlotte, .052, 6.523 on
a 6.510, 103.18 mph; Chris
Plott, Winston-Salem, NA,
.042, 6.715 on a 6.670,
100.73 mph, def. Timothy
Alexander, Mocksville,
1981 Chevrolet, .093,
7.568 on a 7.560, 88.57
mph.
Semifinals – Harris,
.030, 7.100 on a 7.110
dial-in, 94.30 mph, def.
Terry, .022, 7.047 on a
7.060, 96.44 mph; Plott,
.028, 6.713 on a 6.710,
97.88 mph, def. Lockhart,
.041, 7.921 on a 7.910,
88.28 mph.
FINAL – Derek Harris,
McLanesville, 1977 Chevy
Nova, .036, 7.104 on a
7.100, 93.87 mph, def.
Chris Plott,
Winston-Salem, NA, .025,
6.697 on a 6.700,
99.97mph.
JR. DRAGSTER #2
Round 3 – Cameron
Hoffman, Jacksonvile,
.042, 9.708 on a 9.660,
66.49 mph, def. Terry
Brandon Collins, Shannon,
foul; Ross Freeman,
Westville, S.C., .290,
14.213 on a 14.100, 43.36
mph, def. Bradley
Hollingsworth, Greenwood,
S.C., .073, 8.931 on an
8.940, 70.43 mph; Ty
Randolph, Ware Shoals,
.037, 7.998 on a 7.990,
80.30 mph, def. Kelli
Blake, Rockingham, .148,
8.052 on an 8.060, 80.53
mph; Bethany Crick,
Nortonville, Ky., .006,
8.635 on an 8.600, 75.45
mph, def. Danielle Raper,
Easley, S.C., .052, 8.497
on an 8.480, 73.02 mph.
Semifinals – Randolph,
.057, 8.004 on a 7.980,
80.49 mph, def. Hoffman,
.355, 9.682 on a 9.690,
66.88 mph; Crick, .129,
8.619 on an 8.610, 72.46
mph, def. Freeman, .419,
13.939 on a 14.170, 44.81
mph.
FINAL – Bethany Crick,
Nortonville, Ky., .032,
8.609 on an 8.590, 72.46
mph, def. Ty Randolph,
Ware Shoals, .072, 7.967
on a 7.990, 82.13 mph.
NESBITT PERFORMANCE
WORLD’S QUICKEST BRACKET
RACE – Nick Womack,
Lillington, def. Dean
Brazell, Elgin, S.C.